Nice look to the water, esp. reflections visible at top and distortions/refractions of the block wall through the water body, and also very magical forces applied which produce the narrowing of the flow.

@imabzeous said: i mean to print on architectural scale like 1/4 1/2 etc, in ps i dont kno whow to do it helppp I assume ps means photoshop. Here's a method: frame your model in SU with a line only rectangle of some known size (in feet) -- bigger than the model extents. Render with the frame turned on (you can render exact same view with it off if it's on a layer) In PS, measure how many pixels accross on the rectangle -- you will know how many pixels equals the distance In PS crop to the rectangle lines In PS use print with preview (after figuring out how many pixels wide to match the scale you want -- simple math)

@martinrinehart said: Any contemporary desktop PC has all the power you need for SketchUp. (This does not apply to rendering programs, which like lots of power.) For good SU results you'll be happy with 2GHz CPU (single), 2GB RAM. SU doesn't eat a lot of hard disk space. Tell the vendor that the graphics card has to be SketchUp compatible. Most are. For Windows you want XP Pro. 7 is almost as good, Vista is slowest but SU can tolerate it. When buying a PC, there is an inverse relationship between price and support. Shop a bargain basement vendor like TigerDirect and you are on your own for support. Get an Apple and you've paid for, and will get, good support. Buy a PC at your local store and expect a little, but not too much, free support. Save money on your PC. AMD is cheaper than Intel. With the money you save, buy a good monitor. 24" LCD, 1920x1200 resolution. Couple of other considerations. As background I designed and built my own PC a few years ago because I was sick and tired of the never ending changes by Intel and MS then trying to force one to buy a new computer. So also think about: Do you want lap top or desk top; Do you want to be able to modify or expand the performance down stream. Like more memory, different video, larger hard drive etc. If so this probably means a desk top vs lap top; Get as much memory and USB ports as possible within your cost constraints. I think 2GB is on the low end for a general purpose machine as well as a 2 GHz processor. I have a 3.2GHz and 4GB of memory for a design that is now almost 3 years old. Get big Hard drive if possible Good monitor is right on; Good video system within your cost constraints. Sketchup only states Open GL ( Graphics Library) rqmnt. of like ~1.4 while a machine you buy now should do better than that 3.0 or better. If it is higher than this make sure it is downward compatible to the 1.4. Some lap tops are short in this area so make sure it is Open GL compliant and not just compatible; Do some reading on like CNET and PC World for their evaluation of various machines; Stay away for windows VISTA. Windows 7 is out but I think it is still too early to tell how good it really is. When you buy from say like Dell, HP etc their Windows is what is called a OEM version so you do not get direct support from Microsoft but, must go through them. Make sure you buy from some one with a good track record on customer support. Ref # 6 above. If you don't want Win 7 and have to buy VISTA check to see if the OEM's are offering a downgrade package to Win Xp. Some where because of the VISTA problems. Lap tops are nice for portability but, given the reliability of electronics is tied directly to the operating junction temp of its parts a desk top will usually be more reliable for the same performance. They usually have more fans and space for better cooling etc. that laptops . Good Luck

@imabzeous said: Hello can any body help me creating a window in curve wall Assuming you want to use a rectangular window (or windows) in a curved wall. Begin with a backing surface on which you draw a window-sized rectangle. Rectangle on the ground in front of the wall. Use Rotate tool to align your rectangle to the angle you want for the window. Pushpull rectangle up to over wall height. Tape out guides the size you want left, right, top and bottom of window. (Measure twice, cut once.) 4.5) Orbit to be sure your guides are flat against the backing surface. Fix as needed. Triple-click/Delete the backing surface. Rectangle between the guides. Pushpull the rectangle through the wall behind it. Edit/Intersect/With Model. Eraser to clean up the bits that stick out from the wall.

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@thanks a lot so any comment abt renders?? waiting for comments..

I don't use photoshop much, I used Picasa, which is free, and very self explanatory. http://picasa.google.com/ Good Luck!

Hi imabzeous The materials are very dark so they reflect light poorly. I tried a quick render in Kerkythea with much the same results as Podium. A lot of faces are also reversed but I don't think that adds to the problem really. Maybe you can up the ambient light a bit to make thing lighter. Regards Andre